Pin-protector.



PATENTBD AUG. 13, 1907.

' B. JOHANSSON.

PIN PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 14,1906.

Masses KARL n JOHANSSON, or endorse, ILLINOIS.

PIN-PROTECTOR.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed May 14,1906. Serial No. 316,636.

To all whom it mag) concern.

Be it known thatI, KARL E. JorniNssoN, a subject of the King of Sweden, residing at Chicago, in the" county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Pin-Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a device to be used on.pointed pins of various kinds, such as hat pins for ladies hats, scarf and shawl pins, and the like, for shielding or protecting the points thereof so as to prevent them pricking or piercing, and also to prevent their accidental removal or loss, and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the parts .there'ol', as will be hereinafter more fully set iorth' and specifically V claimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a pin protector, which shall be simple, inexpensive and ornamental in construction, strong, durable and effective in operation, and which shall be so made that it may be readily and securely placed in position on the pointed portion of the pin so as to shield or protect the same, yet may be readily removed therefrom when desired.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is ayiew in sideelevation of a pin protector embodying my invention, showing it in position on the pointed end of a pin. Fig. 2 is a View partly in section and partly in elevation of the reverse side of the device shown in Fig. 1, illustrating the protector detached from the pin and the latter shortened for the convenience of illustration. Fig. 3 is an enlarged View in elevation of-the globular part of the protector shown in Figs. 1 and 2, viewed from one end thereof.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corresponding parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The reference numeral 10 designates the pin, which in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, is shown as being a hat pin, but which may be a pin used for any desired purpose which has a pointed end to be protected. One end of the pin is pointed, and the other end thereof may be provided-with a head 11, of an ornamental or any desired character, whichmay be soldered or otherwise secured to thepin.

The protector or shield consists of a helix of .wire 12,

of suitable size and kind, but which should have its interiorv diameter slightly smaller than the body of the pin 10. On *one end of the wire coil 12 may be mounted and secured in any desired manner a head 13, which may be ornamental in character, or other Wise. The other end of the helix or wire coil 12 has mounted'thereon a globular head 14, which is preforably elongated or formed with a flaring extension 15, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. This globular head is hollow, as shown in Fig. 2, and is provided in its end opposite that on which the flaring extension 15 is located with a series of slits 16, which divide said portion into parts 17, which may be clamped on the wire coil 12 after the same has been inserted at one of its ends into the opening of. the said globular head,

thus securing the same in place. As shown, the extension 15 of the head 14 is provided with a flaring hollow to guide the point of the pin into the end of the helix or wire coil located within the head 14.

From theforegoing and by reference to the drawing, it will be seen and clearly understood that by using a protector coiistructed according to my invention, the pointed end of the pin may be shielded or protected by inserting it into the coil 12 through the guiding head thereon, which will cause itto expand sulficiently to receive thepin, when by reason of its con tractile nature, it will firmly clasp the pin and be re tained in position thereon, thus protecting the point of the pin, as well as preventing its accidental removal or loss. By providing the globular -hcadl4 with the hollow flaring extension 15, it is apparent that the pin may be more readily inserted into the coil or helix, when that portion of the latter, which extends into the hollow head 14, will be permitted to expand therein.

Having thus fully described my invention, what'l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,

As an improved article of manufacture, a pin protector consisting of a helix of wire, a hollow and apertured head mounted on one end of the helix and having a flared and slitted extension to receive the pin, and a head mounted on the other end of the helix to hold the same when the Witnesses I Cues. C. TILLMAN,

A. NYMAN.

KARL E. JoHANs'soN. y 

